Lu Yun and Liang Jing listened to the ministers' words, quite confused. What was going on? Wouldn't it be better to let the people from the Western Depot investigate? Why did they send people from Jingzhao Prefecture to investigate?
This matter is definitely not simple. The reason why they are shirking responsibility is definitely because there is some collusion.
Perhaps the theft and robbery of grain merchants' grain had something to do with these ministers.
After all, everyone knows that collusion between officials and businessmen is a very normal thing. In many situations, businessmen and officials will reach a certain consensus.
So it’s hard to say about this kind of thing.
After much deliberation, Lu Yun said in a very firm tone, "Excuse me, this eunuch still feels that this matter should be thoroughly investigated by the Western Factory, not by your Ministry of Justice or the people of Jingzhao Prefecture."
"If the West Factory doesn't investigate such a big matter, can the rest of you find out the answer?"
"Jingzhao Prefecture, please investigate other matters and protect the people."
"this……"
All the ministers present were stunned, and many of them had panic in their eyes.
Liang Jing naturally saw the problem. He waved his hand and said coldly, "Okay, let the Western Factory investigate this matter."
"I feel that Jingzhao Prefecture is very busy with official business, and there must be many things that have not been resolved. How can they start a war over such a small matter?"
"There are so many cases that others in Jingzhao Prefecture need to investigate. I think they may not be able to spare the manpower."
Since Liang Jing had already spoken, these ministers had nothing to say.
But some people are worried, and I don’t know why.
Wait until after the court is dismissed.
Liang Jing asked puzzledly, "Xiao Yunzi, do you see the problem here?"
"I think this is very wrong!"
"Grain merchants were robbed and stolen. Why should these ministers be so nervous? Wouldn't it be better to let the people from the Western Factory investigate? Why do they have to let the people from Jingzhao Prefecture investigate?"
"Your Majesty, there's an old saying that goes, 'Officials and businessmen collude.' Perhaps the theft and robbery of grain is closely related to the affairs of these ministers."
"Why?"
"The less food there is, the higher the price will be."
"Is that so? Xiao Yunzi, you must investigate this thoroughly for me. There must not be any problems."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Now that the war has just ended, many people have been displaced. If these things are not handled properly.
Once these people gather together, they will pose a great threat to the imperial court if someone causes chaos among them.
I'm afraid it will get worse.
Lu Yun hurried to the Western Factory Yamen and took his men to the residence of the robbed grain merchant.
All I saw was that the store looked like it had been smashed by someone. At the same time, it had lost its former glory and had become dirty and messy.
At the same time, let's quickly get someone to clean up the filth here.
The more Lu Yun looked, the more he felt something was wrong, and his brows furrowed.
"Go in and interrogate him thoroughly."
"yes."
After a while, Lu Yun asked the grain merchant he met yesterday and his associates to gather together.
"This eunuch asks you, what exactly happened last night?"
The grain merchant answered anxiously, looking very sad, "Father-in-law, last night when I was sleeping, I suddenly heard a noise outside."
"Because we were fast asleep, we didn't react at all at the time."
"When I woke up, I found that all the food in our store had been stolen by a group of refugees!"
"We don't have many staff in the store to begin with, so we can't catch them all. They just swarmed in and took the things and left quickly. We don't have any strategies."
"Most of the grain merchants in the city have been robbed."
"Only a few of them were lucky enough, so they were preserved."
"Yeah?"
Lu Yun frowned, wondering why only a few grain merchants were left.
This is very wrong.
"Don't you see the person clearly?"
"Didn't catch anyone?"
"Or do they have no leader? An operation like this definitely requires a leader, otherwise such a large group of people would be like a headless fly."
The grain merchant was stunned for a moment and shook his head. "Eunuch Lu, we really didn't see that. It was too chaotic at the time. You think so many people would have no chance at all."
"There's nothing we can do!"
"Okay..."
Lu Yun sighed. He really couldn't get anything out of him! The key thing was that it happened at night, so many people could hide.
But one thing was wrong: these refugees were already so hungry, how could they still rob? Moreover, most of them lived outside the city.
The capital city was not very big. If all the refugees were allowed in at once, it would definitely become chaotic and cause more problems. Therefore, the court wanted to let most of the refugees live outside.
Why are so many of them coming out all of a sudden?
He now seriously suspected that the people who robbed the food might not be the refugees.
Those refugees might be ordinary people in the city, or even those who have enough food and drink.
After all, now we only have their mouths to tell, and no one can see the specific situation clearly.
How could this be?
Soon, Lu Yun found a lot of grain merchants who had been robbed. They said almost the same thing: a group of people rushed in and they had no chance at all.
However, one of the grain merchants suddenly said, "They don't look like ordinary refugees. How could they be so powerful? We can't outrun them, and we can't beat them either. They are very skilled."
"We grain merchants all have a lot of thugs on our payroll, especially in a situation like this. We will definitely do everything we can to avoid any accidents."
"I woke up relatively early last night. My guards didn't stop them at all. Instead, they beat them up."
Lu Yun was stunned for a moment. Is it so powerful?
He quickly called the guards over to take a look. They had a lot of bruises on their bodies, and some of them had several teeth knocked out.
Think about it this way... ordinary refugees, even if they are at a critical juncture of life and death, even if they are extremely hungry, they will not have such great strength.
These guards are usually well-fed and strong, so how could they be no match for this group of refugees?
It's obvious that there must be something wrong.
Lu Yun quickly asked his men to check on several other grain companies to find out what was happening with Shang's men.
If tearing occurs, the body will involuntarily suffer some minor bumps.
But what he didn't expect was... there were very few minor bumps and bruises! There was almost no visible tearing or damage.
It was as if they didn't pull or block at all.
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